Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Lao People's Democratic Republic
Lao People's Democratic Republic: Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded was 63.85 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Lao People's Democratic Republic, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Lao People's Democratic Republic recorded 63.85 1000 ha for shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.5% on the previous year and up 10.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Lao People's Democratic Republic peaked at 86.59 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 36.05 1000 ha, in 2007.
Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 11th of 20 regions on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Lao People's Democratic Republic, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 86.59 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 58.05 1000 ha | -33.0% |
| 2003 | 49.3 1000 ha | -15.1% |
| 2004 | 44.91 1000 ha | -8.9% |
| 2005 | 39.65 1000 ha | -11.7% |
| 2006 | 36.78 1000 ha | -7.2% |
| 2007 | 36.05 1000 ha | -2.0% |
| 2008 | 36.67 1000 ha | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 38.98 1000 ha | +6.3% |
| 2010 | 40.4 1000 ha | +3.6% |
| 2011 | 43.33 1000 ha | +7.3% |
| 2012 | 48.57 1000 ha | +12.1% |
| 2013 | 52.8 1000 ha | +8.7% |
| 2014 | 57.81 1000 ha | +9.5% |
| 2015 | 61.02 1000 ha | +5.6% |
| 2016 | 63.55 1000 ha | +4.1% |
| 2017 | 66.84 1000 ha | +5.2% |
| 2018 | 68.7 1000 ha | +2.8% |
| 2019 | 68.57 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 65.88 1000 ha | -3.9% |
| 2021 | 65.62 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 63.78 1000 ha | -2.8% |
| 2023 | 64.81 1000 ha | +1.6% |
| 2024 | 63.85 1000 ha | -1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 47.44 1000 ha | 36.05 1000 ha | 86.59 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 57.16 1000 ha | 40.4 1000 ha | 68.7 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 64.79 1000 ha | 63.78 1000 ha | 65.88 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Lao People's Democratic Republic
- 8 Australia and New Zealand 1,218 1000 ha compare
- 9 Australia 1,045 1000 ha compare
- 10 India 1,020 1000 ha compare
- 11 South Sudan 992.34 1000 ha compare
- 12 Norway 858.12 1000 ha compare
- 13 Kazakhstan 827.54 1000 ha compare
- 14 Zambia 746.6 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Lao People's Democratic Republic
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Temperature change 0.825 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.318 °C (2025)
- Agricultural land — Area 2,201 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Agricultural land 72.61 % (2024)
- Cropland — Area 1,598 1000 ha (2024)
- Agricultural land — Value of agricultural production (Int. $) per Area 2,874 USD_PPP/ha (2024)
- Agricultural land — Share in Land area 9.54 % (2024)
- Country area — Area 23,680 1000 ha (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 31.3 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
- Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Lao People's Democratic Republic was 63.85 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded recorded in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 86.59 1000 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded recorded in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 36.05 1000 ha in 2007.
- How does Lao People's Democratic Republic rank for shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded?
- Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 11th out of 20 regions with data for 2024.
- Is shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded rising or falling in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Lao People's Democratic Republic data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded — Area from MODIS. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT domain on Land Cover data under the Agri-Environmental Indicators section contains land cover information organized by the land cover classes of the international standard system for Environmental and Economic Accounting Central Framework (SEEA CF). The land cover information is compiled from publicly available Global Land Cover (GLC) maps: a) MODIS land cover types based on the Land Cover Classification System, LCCS; b) The European Spatial Agency (ESA) Climate Change Initiative (CCI) annual land cover maps produced by the Université catholique de Louvain (UCL)-Geomatics and now under the European Copernicus Program; c) The annual land cover maps which were produced under the European Copernicus Global Land Service (CGLS) (CGLS land cover, containing discrete land cover categorization), with spatial resolution 100m; and d) the WorldCover maps of the European Space Agency, produced at 10m resolution.